36 REVORT of meetings for 1906 



J. Qt. Maddan, Berwick; Eev. D. D. F. Macdonald, Swinton; 

 Rev. Thomas S. Marjoribanks, Prestonkirk; Dr James McWhir, 

 Swinton ; Mr W. Morrison, Broughty Ferry ; Mr John Ramsay, 

 Newbattle; Mr A. L. Noel Russell, Glen Douglas; Mr Henry 

 Rutherfurd, Fairnington ; Mr Harry Sanderson, and Mr F. R. 

 Sanderson, Galashiels ; Rev. Robert B. Scott, B.A., and Mrs 

 Scott, Humbie; Mr T. B. Short, Berwick; Mr — . Smith, 

 Cranstoun Riddell ; Rev. George W. Sprott, D.D., Edinburgh ; 

 Mr J. A. Terras, Edinburgh; Mr A. Thomson, Galashiels; 

 Mr Wynyard Warner, London ; Mr W. Weatherhead, Berwick ; 

 Mr Jas. Whytock, Dalkeith Gardens; Rev. David W. Wilson, 

 M.A., Stobhill ; and Mr Thomas Wilson, Roberton. 



The route had been traversed by the officials earlier in the 

 season, but was finally adjusted by Rev. Thos. A. Bickerton, 

 Borthwick, and Rev. David W. Wilson, Stobhill, who under- 

 took to render personal assistance in the guidance of the 

 party between Crichton and Borthwick. Through the kindness 

 of the proprietors also, the grounds of Oxenfoord, Crichton, 

 and Borthwick were thrown open to the Club, while the tenant 

 of Crichton House Farm was good enough to grant leave to 

 pass through a standing crop of barley in order to inspect the 

 underground Pictish dwelling there. With such a pi'ospect of 

 entertainment, the members left the Railway Station at 10 

 o'clock in four carriages, and proceeded along the post-road 

 to Carlisle, leaving Dalkeith on the West, and travelling in a 

 South-Easterly direction. The day being beautifully clear a 

 remarkable view was obtained, fringed by the Pentlands on 

 the West, the Firth of Forth and Lomonds on the North, 

 and Haddington and the Garleton Hills on the East, Arthur 

 Seat and Edinburgh occupying a conspicuous place in the 

 mid-distance. Harvest operations had not commenced, though 

 the barley was nearing maturity. The main road, which is 

 broad and well-kept, presented little obstacle to the horses, 

 although from the outset there was a gradual rise onward 



to Oxenfoord, where a halt was called for the 

 Oxenfoord purpose of viewing the Gardens and Arboretum. 

 Castle. The Castle, one of the seats of the Earl of 



Stair, is a comparatively new house situated in 

 the midst of beautiful woodlands above the banks of one 

 of the streams contributing to form the Tyne, which flows 



